I'm a programming virgin. I had K-Meleon working on my computer, when I reformatted my C-Drive and reinstalled Windows 98.

I installed Netscape 4, then downloaded K-Meleon. I have never set up IE, and probably never will, but it was installed before the reformat.

Now when I try and run K-Meleon, I get a message saying the program is linked to:
missing export MFC42.DLL.6491.

The browser won't open at all.

What do I do to get it back? I hate ads, so I'm not at all fond of Netscape 6.2, which takes forever to load, and really doesn't work very well. Too many sites now don't work with my 4.7, and I'd die before using IE regularly.

I'm not using NT. I'm using Win98 !st Ed. So I don't think the updated library will work.

The DLL is on CAB 54 of the Win98 CD. I can easily put it somewhere, but I'm not sure where or how to make if functional. I could move it into the Windows System folder or into Windows, but how will the "system" know it's there.

I do have a very old version of IE that hasn't been updated. I think it's 4. I could download the IE 5 common control library mentioned in y'alls faqs.

Will K-Meleon only work over a functional IE? Netscape 6.2 works but it's so slow to load. And so many websites now have problems with Netscape 4.7, that I need to move to something else--but NOT IE ever!

If K-Meleon needs IE, I will have to make an IE work. Then maybe use IEradicator?

mostly it just needs those updated libraries... and i seem to remember some talk about maybe trying to reduce some of these dependencies in future versions... is that still a possibility, developer people?

"Did anyone make any headway with this problem? I'm trying to install on a Lite98 box, and I'm getting the same error. Copying the DLL file and registering it does nothing. ?!"

The mfc42.dll has to be the Win98 Second Edition version, not the First Edition version (just in case there was some confusion there). If you plonk the mfc42.dll into you windows\system folder, then use the regsvr32 command, it should work correctly. Alternatively, you could use the following application to register the dll correctly. It's basically a GUI to the regsvr32 command line:http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=1422